Microscale stent for rodent vasculature 

Stent is frequently used to recover human vascular disease. The common stent for human has been developed. And, the development of stent for animal model is mostly focused on larger animals such as pig and rabbits. The rodent model has various advantages, involving economical approach, available to many  genetic strains, and so on. We develop micro-scale stent for rodent with stable stent structure. To evaluate the structure, we observe the simulation depending on dilation, deflection, blood flow, as shown below figures. All simulation are tested using ANSYS software program. Then, the stents are practically validated on the rodents. Simultaneously, we apply assessment systems developed in our laboratory in order to monitor stent performance.